This is the 5th airfield customization project by 2DogzDesigns in customizing scenery for a series of “Warbird Wednesday” group flights. In the coming months, we are turning our attention to USAAF and RAF Operations in Europe and needed a base of operations. RAF Debden is no longer an airfield in the current day, although a few remnants remain.
RAF Debden, located 3 miles southeast of Saffron Walden and approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden in north Essex, England, is a former Royal Air Force station. The airfield was opened in April 1937 and was first used by the Royal Air Force.
During World War II, RAF Debden served as a Sector Station, with an Operations Block for No. 11 Group RAF during the Battle of Britain. Many different RAF units were posted to Debden, including No 17, 29, 65, 73, 80, 85, 87, 111, 157, 257, 418, 504 and 601 Squadrons. The airfield was attacked several times during the Battle of Britain.
The Hangers are true to placement as well as representations of buildings around various parts of the airfield. Diagrams and Recon photos were used as a guide. In 1942, it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots. When the base was handed over to the Americans in 1942, the Eagle Squadrons transferred to the USAAF, becoming the 4th Fighter Group. Equipped first with Spitfires, then P-47 Thunderbolts, the Group occupied Debden until July 1945.
The default scenery around the airfield was edited to put the village into a time warp to add to the emersion. You’ll find a variety of items added to the surrounding scenery with a mixture of buildings, vehicles, scatter, and various equipment.
There are Gliders stored here as part of what would represent a fictitious build up to the D-Day invasion. There are also a variety of aircraft including Hurricanes, Spitfires, P-51s, and P-47 Thunderbolts if you own aircraft from Aeroplane Heavven, Milviz, and Flying Iron
The layout is not intended to be 100% historically accurate but representative of the time. We hope that you’ll explore the village and the airfield. Good luck as you operate from this historic place.
We are making this customization available for your enjoyment to the sim community at large. Thanks for downloading and enjoy! We have leveraged libraries from other developers on Flightsim.to and their libraries are required for this add-in.
Installation: Copy the two folders in the zip file to Add-in linker or your community folder, and install the add-ins below.
IPDC-rjp-objects-library from Ian P
IPDC Scenery Objects Library for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
RAF and US vehicles from IPDC Spitz
IPDC Vehicles Library for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
Vintage Aircraft Collector Library
Vintage Aircraft collector library V 2 for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
Windy Things – needed for flag assets
Windy Things for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
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